That they were recognized as the same appears from the tact that Sir John Leman, lord mayor of London, lGlb", had a correspondence with the widow of Henry Lyman, brother of Richard, respecting her return to England and that the father of Sir John held part and parcel of the same estate which came into the possession of the Lymans by the marriage of Thomas Lyman, of Xavistoke, with Elizabeth Lambert. From all these the conclusion is irresistible that the names Leman and Lyman are one and the same. Every English record likely tothrow light upon the subject has been searched, particularly the De Banco, Coram liege, Subsidy and Quo Warranto Rolls, extending from the 5th Richard I Rolls. Lyman, Esq., of London, to whom we are indebted for the following summary of the pedigree of the family in England. The pedigree of the Lymans iu England, the orthography of the name and identity of the Lytnarn and the Lemans have been the subject of a protracted ami exhaustive investigation by II. In the records both of the town and of the church in Northampton, for the first fifty years or more, the name is generally written Liman early in the last century it took the fixed and settled form of the present appropriate orthography, Lymax. In America the name has takeu the form, Liman, Limen, Limon, Limmon, Lemon, Leamond and Lemond. The French, supposing the name to be derived from Vaitnan, have written it L'aiman. It has been writteu Lehman, Leyman,Lyeman, Lemman, Lemon, Leman and de Le Man. Like most of the English surnames, this has passed through many changes iu settliug down 10 the present orthography.
In authentic history the original name was Leman. Whether this is the true origin and meaning of the name-deus aliqm viderit - some theorist of keener insight may determime. Leoman, rolling swiftly from the tongue in familiar conversation, might easily become Leman.
(lion-man ■) appears as the name of an Anglo-Saxon laud holder prior to the Norman conquest.
The origin and significancy of modern English names, involved in inexplicable mystery, opens a boundless range tor theories and fanciful speculations quite foreign to our taste and purpose.
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